Daily Bulletinlle Editor: Mark Horton. Jos Jacobs; Patrick Jourdain; Micke Melander; Co-editors Brian Senior; Ram Soffer;e P.O. Sundelin. Layout editor Monika Kummel.mmel. Photogrhotog apapher Ron TTaacchi. Issue No. 11 Saturday, 23rd June 2012 THE GOLDEN GIRLS England, represented by Sally Brock, Nicola Smith, Heather Dhondy, Nevena Senior, Fiona Brown & Susan Stock- dale (Jeremy Dhondy npc, David Burn coach) captured their second European Women’s Team title following their victory in Tenerife in 2001. It was Nicola Smith’s seventh title, moving her into third place on the all time list (a position she shares with France’s Sylvie Willard). Sally Brock and Heather Dhondy were winning their fourth title, while their teammates enjoyed the taste of victory for the first time. (It will surely not be the last.) France gave up the title they had held since 2006, but Vanessa Reess, Bénédicte Cronier, Catherine D’Ovidio, Daniele Gaviard, Joanna Neve & Sylvie Willard (Romain Tembouret npc) made the new champions fight all the way. Turkey, in the guise of Acar Asli, Vera Adut, Belis Atalay, Berrak Erkan, Ozlem Oymen & Dilek Yavas (Yalcin Atabey npc) built on their success in Poznan by finishing third. These three will be joined by the Netherlands, Poland and Israel as they seek to ensure the Venice Cup stays in Europe. In the Open series, Monaco is well ahead of Italy and the Netherlands, who are tied for second. They are followed by England, Germany and Poland. In the Senior Teams France is back on top, clear of Scotland, Poland, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. 10.00 Russia - Italy BBO 1* Israel - England BBO 2 Monaco - Bulgaria BBO 3 Sweden - Iceland BBO 4 Belgium - Denmark (S) BBO 5 *BBO 1 = Vugraph Closing and Medal Ceremony This is at 5 p.m. on Saturday, when Wine and Savouries will be served at the END of the ceremony. We have an exciting day ahead as the teams The Golden Girls: Heather Dhondy, Nicola Smith, Nevena Senior, Sally compete to be on the podium. May the Brock, Fiona Brown & Susan Stockdale best Teams win. PROMOTING DUBLIN AS A WORLD CL ASS BUSINESS DESTINATION 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland OPEN TEAMS FINALS PROGRAM RESULTS ROUND F9 (26) 10.00 ROUND F6 (23) 1 IRELAND NETHERLANDS Match IMPs VPs 2 SWITZERLAND GREECE 1 ISRAEL MONACO 43 - 44 15 - 15 3 NORWAY POLAND 2 ICELAND BULGARIA 78 - 1 25 - 1 4 RUSSIA ITALY 3 SWEDEN ROMANIA 26 - 26 15 - 15 5 ISRAEL ENGLAND 4 FRANCE GERMANY 34 - 27 16 - 14 6 MONACO BULGARIA 5 TURKEY NETHERLANDS 35 - 72 7 - 23 7 SWEDEN ICELAND 6 SWI. IRELAND 22 - 81 4 - 25 8 ROMANIA GERMANY 7 GREECE POLAND 43 - 74 9 - 21 8 RUSSIA NORWAY 41 - 44 14 - 16 9 TURKEY FRANCE RANKING 9 ITALY ENGLAND 21 - 39 11 - 19 ROUND F7 (24) after Round 8 of the Final Match IMPs VPs 1 GERMANY POLAND 77 - 42 22 - 8 1 MONACO 288 2 RUSSIA TURKEY 69 - 45 20 - 10 2 ITALY 268 3 IRELAND ENGLAND 35 - 40 14 - 16 NETHERLANDS 268 4 MONACO GREECE 34 - 49 12 - 18 4 ENGLAND 262 5 NORWAY ICELAND 20 - 32 13 - 17 5 GERMANY 252.5 6 ROMANIA ITALY 15 - 89 1 - 25 6 POLAND 251.7 7 ISRAEL FRANCE 43 - 40 16 - 14 8 NETH. BULGARIA 20 - 41 11 - 19 7 ISRAEL 245 9 SWEDEN SWITZERLAND 48 - 32 18 - 12 8 SWEDEN 244 9 RUSSIA 242 ROUND F8 (25) 10 FRANCE 241 Match IMPs VPs 11 BULGARIA 240.3 1 GREECE FRANCE 27 - 40 12 - 18 12 IRELAND 236 2 NETHERLANDSNORWAY 74 - 6 25 - 2 13 NORWAY 220.5 3 ITALY SWITZERLAND 57 - 55 15 - 15 14 ICELAND 218 4 POLAND ISRAEL 50 - 9 23 - 7 15 GREECE 213 5 BULGARIA RUSSIA 65 - 61 16 - 14 16 SWITZERLAND 206 6 ENGLAND SWEDEN 40 - 57 11 - 19 7 GERMANY MONACO 40 - 38 15 - 15 17 TURKEY 200 8 ICELAND TURKEY 50 - 34 18 - 12 18 ROMANIA 185 9 IRELAND ROMANIA 62 - 15 24 - 6 2 12 - 23 JUNE 2012 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN TEAMS CROSSTABLE BY RANK Team ENG FRA TUR NED POL ISR SWE AUT ITA NOR SCO BEL DEN GER GRE BUL EST ESP IRL Bye Pen Team Total Rank England 1618820131422221516232325221918241518 England 351 1 France 14 2 13 14 6 20 10 25 25 21 23 22 18 18 25 23 25 20 18 France 342 2 Turkey 12 25 19 11 19 18 14 24 21 5 21 24 18 14 24 19.5 12 15 18 0.5 Turkey 333.5 3 Netherlands 22 17 11 12 2 10 12 22 19 20 12 9 23 25 24 25 25 25 18 Neth. 333 4 Poland 10 16 19 18 25 24 10 21 14 19 19 6 9.5 16 16 21 18 24 18 0.5 Poland 323.5 5 Israel 17 24 11 25 0 17 22 15 17 5 11 14 12 24 24.5 23 18 20 18 1.5 Israel 317.5 6 Sweden 16 10 12 20 6 12 20 16 14 11 21 9 15 22 19 25 23 25 18 Sweden 314 7 Austria 8 20 16 18 20 8 10 23 11 11 20 14 19 15 24 14 24 12 18 Austria 305 8 Italy 8268915146 17212222241624192324181Italy 298 9 Norway 15 4 9 11 16 13 16 19 13 24 9 14 23 17 9 15 24 19 18 Norway 288 10 Scotland 1492510112519199 6 9231282115151818 Scotland 286 11 Belgium 7 7 9 18 11 19 9 10 8 21 21 15 19 19 13 25 22 14 18 Belgium 285 12 Denmark 7 8 6 21 24 16 21 16 8 16 7 15 19 19 5 17 14 25 18 Denmark 282 13 Germany 4 12 12 7 19.5 18 15 11 6 7 18 11 11 14 25 21 16 18 18 0.5 Germany 263.5 14 Greece 8 12 16 0 14 6 8 15 14 13 22 11 11 16 16 15 17 18 18 Greece 250 15 Bulgaria 11 0 6 6 14 2.5 11 6 6 21 9 17 25 3 14 24 25 20 18 0.5 Bulgaria 238.5 16 Estonia 12 7 9.5 4 9 7 3 16 11 15 15 4 13 9 15 6 16 25 18 0.5 Estonia 214.5 17 Spain 651801212757615816141351418181Spain 199 18 Ireland 15 10 15 0 6 10 2 18 6 11 12 16 0 12 12 10 5 12 18 Ireland 190 19 RESULTS ROUND 18 ROUND 19 Match IMPs VPs Match IMPs VPs 21 DENMARK POLAND 58 - 12 24 - 6 21 SWEDEN ENGLAND 29 - 25 16 - 14 22 SWEDEN FRANCE 25 - 47 10 - 20 22 BELGIUM POLAND 31 - 51 11 - 19 23 BELGIUM ISRAEL 48 - 30 19 - 11 23 NETH. FRANCE 26 - 15 17 - 13 24 NETH. SPAIN 113 - 19 25 - 0 24 IRELAND ISRAEL 22 - 48 10 - 20 25 IRELAND SCOTLAND 32 - 47 12 - 18 25 GERMANY SPAIN 44 - 38 16 - 14 26 GERMANY ITALY 36 - 78 6 - 24 26 NORWAY SCOTLAND 50 - 6 24 - 6 27 NORWAY ESTONIA 32 - 33 15 - 15 27 BULGARIA ITALY 7 - 54 6 - 24 28 BULGARIA TURKEY 19 - 62 6 - 24 28 GREECE ESTONIA 37 - 36 15 - 15 29 GREECE AUSTRIA 63 - 65 15 - 15 29 AUSTRIA TURKEY 55 - 48 16 - 14 30 ENGLAND BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 30 DENMARK BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 Results are subject to official confirmation 3 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland SENIORS PROGRAM RESULTS ROUND 19 10.00 ROUND 16 31 TURKEY ITALY Match IMPs VPs 32 BULGARIA ESTONIA 31 FINLAND NORWAY 36 - 56 10 - 20 33 NORWAY ISRAEL 32 SCOTLAND BULGARIA 46 - 22 21 - 9 34 ENGLAND IRELAND 33 GERMANY TURKEY 25 - 63 6 - 24 35 FINLAND SWEDEN 34 FRANCE SPAIN 48 - 7 24 - 6 36 SCOTLAND NETHERLANDS 35 BELGIUM ITALY 34 - 7 21 - 9 37 GERMANY WALES 36 DENMARK ESTONIA 53 - 26 21 - 9 38 FRANCE POLAND 37 POLAND ISRAEL 24 - 42 11 - 19 39 BELGIUM DENMARK 38 WALES IRELAND 32 - 42 13 - 17 40 SPAIN BYE 39 NETH. SWEDEN 48 - 26 20 - 10 RANKING 40 ENGLAND BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 ROUND 17 after 18 rounds Match IMPs VPs 31 ENGLAND BULGARIA 52 - 30 20 - 10 1 FRANCE 330 32 FINLAND TURKEY 13 - 54 6 - 24 2 SCOTLAND 318 33 SCOTLAND SPAIN 80 - 11 25 - 1 3 POLAND 305 34 GERMANY ITALY 17 - 42 9 - 21 4 BELGIUM 303 35 FRANCE ESTONIA 48 - 33 18 - 12 36 BELGIUM ISRAEL 34 - 24 17 - 13 5 DENMARK 301.5 37 DENMARK IRELAND 36 - 26 17 - 13 6 GERMANY 295 38 POLAND SWEDEN 34 - 21 18 - 12 7 ISRAEL 294.5 39 WALES NETHERLANDS 10 - 43 7 - 23 8 ENGLAND 287 40 NORWAY BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 9 ITALY 286.5 10 NETHERLANDS 286 ROUND 18 11 SWEDEN 274 Match IMPs VPs 12 BULGARIA 270 31 NORWAY TURKEY 21 - 45 9 - 21 13 TURKEY 266 32 ENGLAND SPAIN 52 - 37 18 - 12 33 FINLAND ITALY 35 - 84 4 - 25 14 NORWAY 263 34 SCOTLAND ESTONIA 41 - 23 19 - 11 15 IRELAND 256 35 GERMANY ISRAEL 35 - 43 13 - 17 16 SPAIN 214.5 36 FRANCE IRELAND 53 - 27 21 - 9 17 ESTONIA 208 37 BELGIUM SWEDEN 50 - 55 14 - 16 18 WALES 204 38 DENMARK NETHERLANDS 31 - 23 17 - 13 39 POLAND WALES 59 - 10 25 - 4 19 FINLAND 179 40 BULGARIA BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 4 Results are subject to official confirmation 12 - 23 JUNE 2012 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Press Conference Yesterday’s Press Conference hosted by EBL President Yves He also asked about the eligibility of the players repre- Aubry and IBU President Mary Kelly-Rogers afforded senting Monaco for these Championships.